Episode 31: Will China and the US Go to War Over Taiwan?
Dr Neil Melvin and Veerle Nouwens
24 August 202239 Minute Listen
This episode traces the roots of growing tensions between China and the US over Taiwan, and assesses the danger of war between the two superpowers over the island’s fate.
Veerle Nouwens, RUSI Senior Research Fellow in the security of the Indo-Pacific, and Bonnie Glaser, Director of the Asia Programme at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, discuss with Dr Neil Melvin, Director, International Security Studies at RUSI, the origins of the dispute between the US and China over Taiwan, the current state of relations, and the prospects of a conflict developing between Washington and Beijing.
FEATURING
Dr Neil Melvin
Director, International Security
International Security
Veerle Nouwens
External Author | Former RUSI Senior Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific
